As some Bible publishers and pastors suggest, the Bible is God's search engine. In it, you find answers to all of your spiritual questions. In fact, that is why the Bible exists in the first place: to meet your needs, including the need to know all things and to know them easily. Pastors and Bible publishers market the Holy Book as a spiritual encyclopedia, capable of answering every question we have about God and his world. But is that the right approach?

In recent years, several self-proclaimed evangelicals, or those associated with evangelical institutions, have called into question the historicity of Adam and Even. It is said that because of genomic research we can no longer believe in a first man called Adam from whom the entire human race has descended. I’ll point to some books at the end which deal with the science end of the question, but the most important question is what does the Bible teach.

On the eve of the 203rd anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birthday (Feb. 12), lawmakers in at least four states are taking steps to hinder the teaching of evolution in public schools, while other bills would do the same without naming evolution outright.

The idea that Mars once had oceans is a controversial one: It's been proposed before, and formations that look like shorelines have been found in images from a variety of spacecraft. Now scientists, after analyzing data from the European Space Agency's Mars Express mission, have concluded that the northern plains of Mars may have had an ocean.

"God is taking life every day," ways John Piper. "He will take 50,000 lives today. Life is in God's hand. God decides when your last heartbeat will be, and whether it ends through cancer or a bullet wound. God governs. So God is God! He rules and governs everything. And everything he does is just and right and good. God owes us nothing."

Controversy can provide a teaching moment, not least because the interest of many people is focused on the disputed issues. It is hard to deny that such a moment has arrived. We would like to offer some theological reflections on six conceptual pairings. We have learned over the past few decades that clear thought about the six pairings we are about to comment on is not easy. Others may be able to improve upon our musings, or even correct them. Still, we hope that the following theological reflections will clarify at least a few issues for some people.

Does it contradict Biblical teachings to believe in widely accepted scientific theories like evolution and the Big Bang? To what extent can Christians welcome science into their life without sacrificing piety?

Believe it or not, this is an important question. It's not simply a theological question. It's a theological question that has profound practical implications. Our answer will inevitably reveal our understanding of the gospel and reflect our understanding of sin and grace.

Effective rebellion isn’t just expressing your personal feelings. It means replacing one set of authorities and institutions with a better set of authorities and institutions. Authorities and institutions don’t repress the passions of the heart, the way some young people now suppose. They give them focus and a means to turn passion into change.

While the efforts to correct T.D. Jakes or draw him out, I fear that the result of his participation is to make his ministry seem safer than it is. For those who think we need more of the prosperity preaching and theology and influence of T.D. Jakes, you will simply disagree with this point. But for those who believe his influence has been detrimental to the church, we should not want to give the impression that Jakes is basically pretty solid